Paper receptacle.



W. A. CULBERTSON.

PAPER RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16, 1.91;.

Patented July 20, 1915.

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par s'ra'rns WILLIAM A. CULIBERTSON, OF MoCOQL, INDIANA.

PAPER EECEPTAGLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented July 20, 1915.

Application filed April 16, 1915. SeriaLNo. 21,798.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVrLLrAM A. CULBERT- SON, citizen of the United States, residing at McCool, in the county of Porter and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

The receptacle which is the subject matter of the present application for patent is designed more particularly for shipping eggs by parcels post, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple, light and inexpensive receptacle of this kind having novel and improved means for holdingthe, eggs so that they are not liable to be broken when the receptacle is in transit or being handled.

The herein stated object is attained by means of a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed reference being hadto the accompanying drawing in which-- Figure 1 is a vertical section of the receptacle, Fig. 2 is a plan View of the series of compartments in the receptacle, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a detail.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a cylindrical casing which is closed at its ends by heads 6 and 7, respectively. The head 6 is dimensioned to seat within the casing and it is removable so that access to the interior of the casing may be had, and said head has an outturned marginal flange 8. In the flange 8 and the side of the casing are alined apertures to receive latches 9 for locking the head 6 to the casing. These latches are spring metal strips secured in crossed relation to the head 6, at the center thereof. The strips may be flexed sufliciently for insertion into the apertures in the flange 8 and the side of the casing 5 to lock the head 6 in place, and in the same manner'the strips may be withdrawn from the apertures to releasethe head and permit its removal.

The casing 5 contains-a series of partitions which are arranged to form compartments or cells in which the eggs are placed and held out of contact, with each other, to prevent breakage, a separate compartment being provided for each egg. The compartments are formed by two sheets 10 bent along their longitudinal center line to form two wings extending at right angles to each other, and lengthwise of the casing, and a series of spaced partition walls 11 carried by said sheets. The sheets 10 are set with their, angles opposed and their vertices close together. angle, as indicated at 12 said slots being vertically spaced,.and thepartition walls 11 have slots 13 extending inward from their edges in the direction of the center, but stopping some distance from the latter.

When the sheets-1O and the partition walls.

11 are assembled the central portionsof the latter seat in the slots 12, and the outer por- The sheets 10 are slotted at the tions of the former lie in the slots 13. The

slots 12 hold .the partition walls 11 in spaced relation and the slots 13 hold the sheets in angular form. It'will be seen that the space between two partition walls 11 is divided by. the sheets 10 into four compartments, each of which is designed to hold an egg. At the edges of the partition walls are upstanding guard flanges 11, one for each com partment. The compartments at the top of the casing 5 or that end having the removable closure 6, are closed by a partition 15 similar to the partitions 11 and secured in the same manner, and also provided with marginal guard flanges 16, which latter however are turned down to lap the upstanding guard flanges 14 of the next partition 11 below.

The cell or compartment structure hereinbefore described is separate from the casing 5. and it is also-removable therefrom for filling or emptying. To prevent the guard flanges 14: and 16 from bending outward and allowing the eggs to drop out of the compartments when the latter are taken out of the casing, strings 17 aresecured to I the bottom partition wall 11 from which they extend upward along the guard flanges, on the outside thereof, and are made fast to the top partition, the latter having suitable fastening devices 18 for the strings. When the eggs are to be removed, one "string will be unfastened at a time to avoid danger of breakage of the eggs. The eggs can be readily removed from their compartments upon bending the guard flanges outward.

The casing 5 is made of paste board. The sheets 10 are also paste board, whereas the partitions may be card board with an inner corrugated ply. The receptacle is therefore light and it can be easily and'cheaply made.

I claimr+ j v 1. The combination of an outer casing, of a pair of opposite walls in the casing and extending lengthwise thereof, said walls being angular in cross-section and their apices facing each other, a series of spaced partitions supported by said walls, the latter extending through the spaces between the partitions and dividing said spaces into compartments, and upstanding guard flanges at the edges of the partitions, said flanges closing the outer ends of the compartments.

2. The combination of an outer casing, of a pair of opposite walls in the casing and extending lengthwise thereof, said walls being angular in cross-section and their apices facing each other, a series of spaced partitions supported by said walls, the latter extending through the spaces between the partitions and dividing said spaces into, compartments, upstanding guard flanges at the edges of the partitions, said flanges closing the outer edges of the compartments, and retaining means for the flanges extending along the outside thereof, one end of said means being secured to the partition at one (topics of this patent may be obtained for end of the series and the other end being removably fastened to the partition at the other end of the series.

8. The combination of an outer casing, of a pair of opposite walls in the casing and extending lengthwise thereof, said walls be ing angular in cross-section and their apices facing each other, a series of spaced partitions supported by said walls, the latter extending through the spaces between the partitions and dividing said spaces into compartments, the walls being slotted at the angle and the central portions of the partitions seating in said slots, and the partitions having slots extending inward from the outer edges, in which last-mentioned slots the outer portions of the aforesaid walls seat.

In testimony whereof I aiflx my signature.

"WILLIAM A. CULBERTSON.

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